Improved trunk



waited Qu/1mg @wat @Milice THOMAS BOND, or EAST BEooKEELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOE To DANIEL J.A

CLARK, W'. F. DOGGETT, AND S. M.-BURR, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 99,284, :lated February 1, 1870.

IMPROYED TRUNK.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part 0f the Same To all whom it lmay concern:

` Beit known that I, THOMAS BOND, of East Brook- Afield, in the county of Worcester, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improved Trunk; and I do hereby declare that the following -is a fnll, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable those skilled in the art to' make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a front view" of my invention with the lid'open.

A Figure 2, a front view ofthe same in a closed state.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

rIhis invention consists in constructing a trunk, with semicircular or rounded corners or ends, bent in such form, out of one or more pieces of wood, whereby a trunk of greaterstrength than usual iS obtained.

The drawings represent a trunk constructed according to my invention, with its main part and lid formed each .out of two pieces of Wood, A A A A'.

These pieces may be bent in anysuitable way by the aidof a machine-or otherwise, and they may' be se-p cured at their ends by a mortise-andLtenon joint, a, or by dovet-ailing, halving, or by meta-l dowels, the joints beingatthe ti'ont and rear of the truuk.

The bottom B of the trunk, I design to tit into thcv lower edge of the main part by a rebate, as shown by the dotted lines b, and the top O, I design to llt into the lid in a similar manner, as shown in the dot-ted lines c. This will add greatly to the strength of the trunk, preventing its sides and the top and bottom .v from being pressed in.

By this mode of construction, a trunk is rendered far more durable than usual. The sharp or angular corners of the ordinary trunks are very liable to be broken, and they generally fail at those points.

While disclaiming novelty in the general principle Witnesses -PLINY S. DOANE, GEORGE Tonnes. 

